Paris environment forum achieves breakthrough: Top negotiator
A senior French climate negotiator says that there has been a “breakthrough” in the talks on the ways to tackle global warming in the French capital, Paris.
Laurence Tubiana said on Tuesday that negotiators from 46 countries discussing global warming have reached consensus on key issues that have stymied negotiations ahead of a crucial conference by the United Nations from November 30 to December 11 this year.
The conference, dubbed Paris Summit of Conscience for the Climate, was aimed to pave the way for a world pact to beat back global warming
"This is a breakthrough," said Tubiana.
According to the French negotiator, the participants in the two-day talks, which wrapped up on Tuesday, agreed to a review of collective carbon-cutting impacts every five years.
The United Nations reportedly aims to curb global warming to two degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, which is the threshold for dangerous climate impacts.
The new consensus on a review process "means the accord will be durable," Tubiana said, adding, "We went into this meeting asking if we would have to renegotiate the accord in 2030. We left knowing this will not be the case."
The French negotiator further noted that all countries present in the Paris talks agreed to the external verification of national measures taken to honor their CO2 reduction pledges.
"There are still a lot of details to be worked out, but the idea of everyone accepting to be verified within a common framework is very significant," Tubiana said.
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